Skorikovia trinotata ( Costa, 1858 )

Skorikovia trinotata ( Costa, 1858)

( Figs 72–76 View FIGURES 68–76 )

Mutilla trinotata Costa, 1858: 22 , tab. 22, fig. 5, ♀; type locality “Trovata da noi nelle adiacencze di Napoli, e dal sig G. Costa nella Terra d'Otranto” [ Italy: Naples, Puglia]. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla quadripunctata Olivier, 1811 according to Sichel & Radoszkowski 1870: 234. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla pusilla Klug, 1835 according to André 1902: 451. Resurrected as Smicromyrme trinotatus according to Pagliano & Strumia 2007: 97.

Mutilla triangularis Radoszkowski, 1865: 448 , tab. 7, fig. 16, ♀, lectotype (designated Lelej 2024: 68) [ Russia], golden round label / [red label] Lectotype Mutilla triangularis Radoszkowski, 1865 , B. Petersen des., 1987, [ISEA-PAN], examined photos of lectotype. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla quadripunctata Olivier, 1811 according to Sichel & Radoszkowski 1870: 234. Resurrected as Smicromyrme triangularis according to Lelej 1978: 82. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla trinotata Costa, 1858 according to Lelej 2024: 68.

Smicromyrme pouzdranensis Hoffer, 1936: 157 , ♀, holotype, ♀, “Stepni stran zv. Kolby u Pouzdran, okres Mikulov (v kvetnu [May] 1934), leg. A. Hoffer)” [ Czech Republic: Moravia merid., Mikulov]. Junior subjective synonym of Smicromyrme triangularis according to Lelej & Schmid-Egger 2005: 1532.

Smicromyrme pliginskiji Lelej, 1984: 81 , fig. 1, 1–3, ♂ [ holotype, ♂, Crimea, Sevastopol, 27.VII.1909, V.G. Pliginskij], [ZIN], examined. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla trinotata Costa, 1858 according to Lelej 2024: 68.

Skorikovia trinotata : Lelej 2024: 68 View Cited Treatment , ♀, ♂.

Mutilla curtiventris André, 1901: 269 , ♀, holotype, ♀, " Asia Minor / Adampol [ Polonezköy , east of Istanbul] / VII.1900 / Dr. Werner // curtiventris / Type André / det. André // Holotype / teste B. Petersen 1986 // Smicromyrme / rubescens (André) / = curtiventris (André) / B. Petersen det, 1986 // Holotype / Mutilla / curtiventris / André [last label by AL]" [NHMW], examined. Syn. nov.

Mutilla viduata var. rubescens André, 1901: 273 , ♀, lectotype (designated by Petersen 1988: 159), Syrie [MNHN]. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla curtiventris André, 1901 , according to Petersen 1988: 159. Syn. nov.

Distribution. Russia (Crimea, Dagestan, South and East of European part, South Ural), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy ( Toscana, Campania, Puglia), Montenegro, Slovakia, Austria, Turkey (new record) ( Istanbul, Manisa, Kastamonu, Erzurum), Syria (new record).

Remark. After further detailed examination of the holotype of Mutilla curtiventris André, 1901 I conclude that it belongs to the genus Skorikovia Ovtchinnikov, 2002 and is a new junior subjective synonym of Skorikovia trinotata ( Costa, 1858) . Such a form with a shortened metasoma is already known for this species ( pouzdranensis Hoffer ).